Adventurers : : the Improbable Rise of the East India Company, 1550-1650
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The Smoky Ayer of Spanish Greatnes -- North Sea nations -- Merchants of Light -- Enlarging the bounds of human empire -- Raising the money -- Running the office -- A voyage exceedingly troublesome -- Oceans of wealth -- The flying Dutchmen -- A thing of so much difficultie -- Joseph at the Court of Pharaoh -- This hopefullest trade -- Seven merchants of Japan -- Goodnight Amsterdam -- Deadlock -- Deliverance.
The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises-and for these "adventurers" the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company.0Through a host of stories and fascinating details, David Howarth brings to life the Company's way of doing business-from the leaky ships and petty seafarers of its embattled early days to later sweeping commercial success. While the Company's efforts met with disappointment in Japan, they sowed the seeds of success in India, setting the outline for what would later become the Raj. Drawing on an abundance of sources, Howarth shows how competition from European powers was vital to success-and considers whether the Company was truly "English" at all, or rather part of a Europe-wide movement.
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PUBLISHED
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: xiv, 459 pages, : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780300250725
030025072X
SUBJECTS
East India Company.
Great Britain -- History. -- Asia
Asia -- History. -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Relations -- Asia.
Asia -- Relations -- Great Britain.